Re: [gentoo-user] re-activating a netbook

[Filip Kobierski <kobierski.filip@protonmail.com>]

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> Horace no longer boots from USB

IMO that is because you are trying to boot in uefi mode and eeepc needs legacy mode.
Try flashing something that supports the legacy mode (MBR and so on).

Also I think reinstalling Gentoo would be easier than upgrading it.
Do you still want to use it? If so, remember about the binhost.


Regards
fkobi

-------- Original Message --------
On 9/19/24 20:39, Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> wrote:

>  Back in 2009, I bought an Asus EEE netbook, which I called Horace,
>  & installed Gentoo alongside Windows, which I've never used.
>  Gentoo was last updated in 2015 ; the device is in good repair.
>  
>  Recently, I checked Horace & he still does  1  of his intended jobs,
>  ie reading & editing texts of novels etc downloaded from the I/net
>  (the other  2  jobs are no longer required).
>  
>  I wanted to replace Windows with Linux Mint or another binary distro
>  -- avoiding the need to update Gentoo -- , but ran into a problem :
>  Horace no longer boots from USB.  I can transfer files via USB stick,
>  but can't get a live USB version of Mint etc to start.
>  
>  Also, I now use Wifi exclusively -- I no longer have a landline -- ,
>  but while Horace can access Wifi, his Gentoo doesn't have Wifi installed,
>  so there's a Catch-22 : w/o a landline, I can't install WPA etc.
>  
>  One solution mb simply to copy an upto-date Mint ISO
>  into the partition now occupied by Windows -- which I don't need --
>  & set up Lilo -- which is my prefered boot manager -- to boot from it ;
>  Lilo currently allows a choice of Gentoo/Windows.
>  
>  Does anyone know if that would work or how to trouble-shoot it ?
>  
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